Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, the FTC, and Spam

ABSTRACT

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a forum on spam in Washington, D.C., April 30 to May 2. Rather to my surprise, it was a really good, content-full event. The FTC folks had done their homework and had assembled panelists that ran the gamut from ardent anti-spammers all the way to hard-core spammers and everyone in between: lawyers, legitimate marketers, and representatives from vendor groups.

REFERENCES

• 1: 1. Federal Trade Commission. False claims in spam: A report by the FTC's division of marketing practices (April 30, 2003); http://www.ftc.gov/reports/spam/ 030429spamreport.pdf.
• 2: 2. Kane, Margaret. EarthLink wins $24 million from spammer (July 19, 2002); http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106- 945169.html.
• 3: 3. Text of Senate bill S.877 (CAN SPAM Act of 2003); http://thomas.loc.gov/.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.3 Communications Applications
          Subjects: Electronic mail

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.6 Security and Protection
          Subjects: Information flow controls

  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.4 Systems and Software

          Nouns: World Wide Web (WWW)

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.1 Public Policy Issues
          Subjects: Regulation

General Terms:
Management, Performance